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CVE-2016-9383 (GCVE-0-2016-9383)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-11-22 00:00
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